A group of young female musicians — including Daymé Arocena, Danay Suárez and the all-female band Jane Bunnett and Maqueque — are challenging both musical and cultural conventions, creating innovative Afro-Cuban music fused with a variety of genres ...

With Cuba making headlines every other week for one reason or another, and U.S.-Cuba relations at an apparent standstill, it behooves us to explore the music spectrum of the island, which currently (and necessarily) goes beyond the traditional and ...

News Cuba » Music: The Depth and Subtlety of Cuban Rumba

The first track specifically names many of the musicians that played a role in the development of Afro-Cuban music and have now passed. The large majority of the album features vocals and a wide range of spellbinding Cuban drums. Mabagwe also includes a ...

News Cuba » Music: How Socially Engaged Activism Is Transforming Cuba

The factory is an artifact of Cuban history and a symbol of the utopian vision of ... and were interested in enrolling their children in a dance or music class. Pipo managed to convince them that he was handing over the space to them to renovate as a ...

The African influence on the culture and music of Cuba was on display Sunday when the Contemporary Music Project Percussion Ensemble performed at the Ela Area Public Library in Lake Zurich. The ensemble featuring Donald Skoog, Jose Vega, Tim Amrein ...

News Cuba » Music: Kauai Voices returns from Cuba tour

“We didn’t know how long that opening would exist, and how long before Cuba began to change. “I envisioned that Kauai Voices would be ambassadors of Kauai, Hawaii and the United States, to bridge our two countries through music.” During the past ...

News Cuba » Music: Mark Cuban: “Losing is our best option.”

Whenever Cuban says, “I’m probably not supposed to say this,” there should be a cue for the dramatic music to start in the background. He should just carry around a bluetooth speaker. But whether he should have said it or not, what he was “not ...

News Cuba » Music: Cuba Goes Country

Entry by DONATION. Bring your friends and family for an afternoon of fun and incredible music. The Palmer Opera House in Cuba is a vintage theater located in Cuba, New York. This historic theater is steeped with rich character and details of another era.

Born in Cuba in 1964, his ideals as a child were in line with the Cuban Revolution. By the time he was a teenager, the allure of American music and pop culture made him critical of those ideals. Nevertheless, he was able to establish himself as an artist ...

Lorenzo opened Habana Hemingway Café on McLaw’s Circle Jan. 8, and as soon as guests walk in they are greeted by popular Cuban music. To the left of the main entrance, the walls of the dining room are adorned with murals of Cuba. To the right ...